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22 """Asynchronous pyinotify implementation"""
29 class AsyncNotifier(asyncore.file_dispatcher):
30 """An asyncore dispatcher for inotify events.
34 def __init__(self, watch_manager, default_proc_fun=None, map=None):
35 """Initializes this class.
37 This is a a special asyncore file_dispatcher that actually wraps a
38 pyinotify Notifier, making it asyncronous.
41 if default_proc_fun is None:
42 default_proc_fun = pyinotify.ProcessEvent()
44 self.notifier = pyinotify.Notifier(watch_manager, default_proc_fun)
46 # here we need to steal the file descriptor from the notifier, so we can
47 # use it in the global asyncore select, and avoid calling the
48 # check_events() function of the notifier (which doesn't allow us to select
49 # together with other file descriptors)
50 self.fd = self.notifier._fd
51 asyncore.file_dispatcher.__init__(self, self.fd, map)
53 def handle_read(self):
54 self.notifier.read_events()
55 self.notifier.process_events()